JONES v. MADDOX

No. 5-1339.

305 S.W.2d 548 (1957)

Charline JONES, Executrix, Appellant, v. C. B. MADDOX, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Edward Thiel, Paragould, for appellant.

Howard A. Mayes, Paragould, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a contest of the will of Margaret Maddox, who died in 1956 at the age of eighty. By the will in question, which was signed on April 1, 1954, Mrs. Maddox bequeathed $1 to her only son, the appellee C. B. Maddox, Jr., and divided the rest of her estate, valued at about $5,500, equally among her three daughters. The appellee successfully resisted the probate of the will, the trial court finding that the testatrix lacked mental capacity...

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